Historian Michael McBane, author of Bytown 1847: Élisabeth Bruyère & the Irish Famine Refugees, re-tells this important story for the "Time Travelling with the Historical Society of Ottawa" HSO/Rogers TV series: https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/resources/videos/time-travelling-with-michael-mcbane-bytown-1847
Michael is also author of John Egan: Pine & Politics in the Ottawa Valley.